'New' antisemitism sure sounds like the old kind

(JNS) — Is it just me, or is the “new” antisemitism starting to sound a lot like the old kind?

In recent weeks, The New York Times has twice published remarks that directly invoked classic antisemitic stereotypes. Many of us had thought that kind of crude bigotry had finally been eliminated from the mainstream media. Apparently not.

Book reviewer Sam Kriss wrote in the Times on Aug. 20 that his Jewish identity is rooted in his affinity for books, matzah-ball soup and his “overbearing mother.”

If a reporter would ask him about it—although I doubt any will—Kriss might claim that he was just joki...